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Our bimonthly journal of research

The ANNALS of the AAPSS addresses society’s most important problems and concerns with high-quality research.

First published in 1890, The ANNALS took its current form in 1914. Each of our bimonthly volumes takes up a particular social challenge or phenomenon, mustering research and evidence to illuminate it in ways that advance science and public policy.

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Democratic Backsliding: How It Happens and How It Can Be Countered

Volume 712, March 2024

Special Editors: Rachel Beatty Riedl, Jennifer McCoy, Kenneth Roberts, and Murat Somer

This volume provides an analytical framework that identifies four distinct institutional pathways for democratic backsliding, each of which reflects different political and institutional circumstances and creates different opportunities and challenges for opposition forces working to counter backsliding. Fifteen case studies from around the world show how backsliding occurs along these pathways and how partial reversal was achieved in some cases, suggesting focal points of resistance and reform that may help policymakers and advocates working to defend democracy.

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Polarizing Polities: A Global Threat to Democracy

Volume 681, January 2019

Special Editors: Jennifer McCoy and Murat Somer

This volume explores case studies of pernicious polarization and its resulting obstinate political blocs and effects on democracy in eleven countries. The articles examine the emotional and identity facets of polarization and the role of political entrepreneurs who use polarizing discourse for their own ends, offering insight into the causes of pernicious polarization and policies that could prevent it.

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